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Governor General Officiates at USP Tonga Campus Graduation
Governor General and Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific (USP) His Excellency Sir David Vunagi, GCMG, KStJ, officiated at the USP Tonga Campus graduation ceremony on Thursday 5th October 2023. As Chancellor of the University, the...
Owner: Solomonese Government
NZ Māori Tourism Shares Māori Culture With Tongan Delegation In A Cultural Exchange
A Tongan delegation led by the CEO of the Ministry of Tourism, Mr. Viliami Takau traveled to New Zealand on the 23rd – 30th August, 2023 organized by the NZ Māori Tourism. The ‘Māori-Tonga Cultural Exchange’ included visiting different Māori...
DFPI Moves to Halt $11.8 Million Stockton-Based Securities Fraud Targeting Tongan Community
Download this press release (PDF) SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced today that it has ordered Tilila Siola’a Walker-Sumchai of Stockton, California, and four entities under her control...
Owner: American Government
DFPI Moves to Halt $11.8 Million Stockton-Based Securities Fraud Targeting Tongan Community
Download this press release (PDF) SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced today that it has ordered Tilila Siola’a Walker-Sumchai of Stockton, California, and four entities under her control...
Owner: American Government
Community engagement highlighted as rat removal operation on Late Island in Tonga moves forward
07 July 2023, Nukualofa Tonga - The Kingdom of Tonga is a step closer to implementing an operation to remove rats from the uninhabited Late Island following successful community and stakeholder consultations in Vavau last month. The first of the...
Planning underway for Tonga’s participation at the World Expo 2025 in Osaka
On the 6th of June 2023, Mr. Viliami Takau CEO of the Ministry of Tourism (Commissioner for Tonga’s booth) attended the International Planning Meetings (IPM) 2023 which was held at the Hyatt Regency in Osaka, Kansai, Japan together with Ms. Simata...
Tonga: Global education union movement in solidarity after devastating volcanic eruption
Union renewal and development Together we build union power published 11 March 2022 updated 11 March 2022 Education International has launched an Urgent Action Appeal after being contacted by its member organisation in Tonga, the Friendly Islands...
Owner: Education International
Pacific Tourism Organisation And Its Membership To Benefit From Gender Mainstreaming Exercise
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) will partner with the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI) to conduct an organisational gender audit and boost the mainstreaming of the economic empowerment of...
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE MINSITER OF EDUCATION, SPORTS AND CULTURE; HON. SEUULA IOANE AT THE APTC SAMOA GRADUATION 2023 – (16 March 2023)
SAMOA, March 16 - Rev. Seilala Luamanuvae Ministers of Cabinet Members of the Parliament Ms Claire McGeechan, Australian Deputy High Commissioner to Samoa Chief Executive Officers of Government Agencies and Private Sectors Nicki Baird, APTC...
Owner: Samoan Government
UN Foundation to Convene Young Thinkers and Activists for 2023 Big Brainstorm
The third annual event will provide an open, intergenerational platform for young people to design their future WASHINGTON (PRWEB) February 15, 2023 The United Nations Foundation announced today that the 2023 Big Brainstorm will take place...
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UN Foundation to Convene Young Thinkers and Activists for 2023 Big Brainstorm
The third annual event will provide an open, intergenerational platform for young people to design their future WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The United Nations Foundation announced today that the 2023 Big Brainstorm will take...
Owner: Jason Raznick
2023, our 30th Anniversary, a year of recommitment to our vision and journey towards Pacific sustainability, resilience and wellbeing through safeguarding our island culture and heritage
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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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January 31, 2023
By Mr Sefanaia Nawadra, Director General, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) I am excited for 2023 as our 30th anniversary and as the winds of political change sweep through our region in recent months – Australia,...
Some 120 Religious Leaders From the Asia Pacific Region Celebrated the First Anniversary of the Pacific Christian Leadership Conference (PCLC)
Washington, DC, Oct. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Engaging Christian Cooperation to Strengthen Families: UPF’s Pacific Christian Leadership Conference Celebrates 1st Anniversary - QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES On Oct. 26, 2022,...
Some 120 Religious Leaders From the Asia Pacific Region Celebrated the First Anniversary of the Pacific Christian Leadership Conference (PCLC)
Washington, DC, Oct. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Engaging Christian Cooperation to Strengthen Families: UPF's Pacific Christian Leadership Conference Celebrates 1st Anniversary - QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES On Oct. 26, 2022,...
Owner: Jason Raznick
Empowering indigenous private sector through e-Commerce: A Ka Hao & Pacific Trade Invest NZ partnership
PERTH, AUSTRALIA, August 29, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Blue Pacific continent is home to some of the world's most beautiful beaches, pristine waters, and spectacular volcanic landscapes, with an abundance of natural resources. However, our...
Empowering indigenous private sector through e-Commerce: A Ka Hao & Pacific Trade Invest NZ partnership
PERTH, AUSTRALIA, August 29, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Blue Pacific continent is home to some of the world's most beautiful beaches, pristine waters, and spectacular volcanic landscapes, with an abundance of natural resources. However, our...
Tonga: Staff Concluding Statement IMF 2020 Article IV Consultation Mission
February 25, 2020 A mild recovery is underway after the devastation of Cyclone Gita, due to stronger consumption supported by remittances. Donor-funded reconstruction has boosted imports with limited impact on domestic demand. Policies have...
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